Cover for kegs.



PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908.

H. DITTMANNJ oovm FOR KEGS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 13.1906- Tu: NORRIS PETERS co., WASHINGTON, n. c.

HANS DITTMANN, OF LUBEGK, GERMANY.

COVER FOR KEGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1908.

Application filed November 13. 1906- Serial No. 343.215.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HANs DITTMANN, a subject of the German Emperor, and resident of No. 9 Fleischhauerstrasse, Lubeck, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in and Relating to a Cover for Kegs, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a cover, which is made of metal, wood and the like, especially for the use of protecting kegs of butter, fat and the like from air, dust and other foreign matter which often defile such goods in the course of retail sale and the like, and for securing such goods from becoming infused with smell of cheese or the like.

The accompanying drawing represents a form of construction of the invention.

Figure 1. gives a top view of the whole cover. Fig. 2 a section of the same. Fig. 3 a view and a section of the spring hooks.

The cover consists of an open frame u having a groove at its lower side adaptable to fit into the mouth of a keg, and the sides of the said frame are provided with loops h by which the said frame is attached. to the keg. The frame a has a projection rim round the opening on which a disk like cover I), having a groove corresponding to the said rim, can set, and the said coveris hinge-like attached to the frame as shown. The said cover is adapted to be kept open in any position by V-shaped springs 0 arranged under the tappets d of the cover or by a spiral spring (5 arranged in connection with the collars f slidably situated at the sides of the said tappets of the cover, by

the collars which are fluted at the sides or plain are resting tightly against the said tappets through the pressure of the spring. The frame a which is put over a keg with its groove catching round the rim of the mouth is secured into the keg by spring hooks is as shown which are hooked into the holes 'i of the loops h, which are by the sides of the said frame, and the keg, and the said cover (5) is the only means by which the contents of the keg are accessible.

In order to give a good fit of the rim of the keg to the groove of the frame, and the rim of the frame into the groove of the cover, any suitable packing stuff can be inserted. to such grooves. The tappets cl which are either separate pieces screwed on to the cover, or made directly with the cover supports the cover by a bar 1 which goes through the bearings s which are in the frame a. The said bar is arranged in such a manner with the cover that a lever if provided at one end of the same, enables one to open or shut the cover. The said frame is preferably provided. with some means for handling.

1 claim:

1. In combination with a cover for butterkegs, a frame a having a groove at-its lower side adapted to admit and catch the rim of the keg and having an opening in the middle, a rim round the opening in the middle of the said frame projecting upwards, loops h having holes i at the side and projecting downwards from the said frame, a cover b having a groove adapted to admit and catch the rim in the said frame and laid on the opening thereof, two tappets d projecting from the said cover and having holes at their side adapted to admit a rod, bearings s fastened on the said frame-and projecting upwards adapted to rest against the outer sides of the said tappets, a rod 1" having a square head at one end inserted through the holes of the said tappets and bearings and fixed in the tappets adapted to hold the cover on the frame turnably, two rings f loosely arranged besides the said tappets, a spiral spring 6 surrounding the said rod and inserted between the said tappets, the V- shaped springs c fastened on the frame under the said tappets adapted to hold the cover in which ever position it is left opened during its use and. also for tightly shutting the cover on the rim of the frame, means for opening the tightly shutcover, and means by which the frame is fixed on the rim of a keg, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a cover for butterkegs, a frame at having a groove at its lower side adapted to admit and catch the rim of the keg and having an opening in the middle, a rim round the opening in the middle of the said frame projecting upwards, loops h having holes i at the sides and projecting downwards from the said frame, a cover l) having a groove adapted to admit and catch the rim in the said frame, two tappets a proj ecting from the said cover and having holes at their side adapted to admit a rod, bearings s fastened on the said frame and projecting upwards adapted to rest against the outer sides of the said tappets, a rod 1" having a square head at one end inserted through the holes of the said tappets and bearings and fixed in the tappets adapted to hold the cover on the frame turnably, two rings f loosely arranged besides the said tappets, a

spiral spring e surrounding the said rod and inserted between the said tappets, the V- shaped springs c fastened on the frame under the said tappets adapted to hold the cover in Which ever position it is left opened during its use and also for tightly shutting the cover on the rim of the frame, a key t for putting on the square head of the said rod and turning the cover open, and means by Which the frame is fixed on the rim of a keg, consisting of a plurality of casings 75 having bottoms With holes in the middle, hooks inserted through the holes in the bottoms respectively, disks inside the said casings] of the said casings respectively adapted to keep the frame tightly fastened on the rim of a butter-keg when the hooks are hooked between the holes in the loops and the band of the keg, substantially as described.

' HANS DITTMANN. Witnesses:

HERMANN SAHMs, VVILHELM KLINK. 

